Shocking, unsustainable and desperate' conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears
By Saqib Saleem Qureshi New York
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According to the News that , /UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told ambassadors that “there is still no end in sight” as the war approaches its 140-day mark.
Mr. Wennesland visited Gaza this week and described the humanitarian situation there as shocking, unsustainable and desperate.
He added that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator has a plan to deliver the essentials – food, shelter, medicine and water/sanitation – but the UN’s capacity to deliver depends on coordinated humanitarian movements, effective deconfliction with the parties and Israeli approvals for essential communications equipment and armored vehicles – “all of which provide the minimum conditions for staff to work safely.”
“This must be improved – UN convoys and compounds must not be hit and our equipment needs clearance,” he stressed.
“Keeping Gaza on a drip-feed not only deprives a desperate population of life-saving support, it drives even greater chaos that further impedes humanitarian delivery,” he added.
“No end to the trauma of those impacted by the horrors unleashed on 7 October. No end to the suffering and desperation the people in Gaza. No end to the regional turmoil.”